See also:
U+81C9, 臉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81C9

[U+81C8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+81CA]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 130, +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月人一人 (BOMO), four-corner 78286, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29954
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2117, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+81C9

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ): semantic (body part) + phonetic (OC *skʰlam).

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-gram (cheek; face). Cognate with Tibetan འགྲམ་པ ('gram pa, cheek), འགྲམ་རུས ('gram rus, cheekbone) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note: liǎnr - front part of something, facial expression.
Note:
  • lián - vernacular;
  • liám - literary.
Note:
  • liang2/liam2 - Shantou;
  • liêng2 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (151)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter leamX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /lˠɛmX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /lᵚæmX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /lɐmX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ləɨmX/
    Li
    Rong
    /lɐmX/
    Wang
    Li
    /lɐmX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /lămX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    lǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    laam5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 3/3
    No. 10180 10212
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡ·reːmʔ/ /*kramʔ/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

    1. (anatomy) cheek
    2. (anatomy) face (Classifier: m)
        ―  liǎn  ―  to wash one's face
      笑容笑容  ―  liǎn shàng de xiàoróng  ―  smile on one's face
    3. (by extension) facial expression; complexion
    4. (figurative) front part of something
    5. (figurative) reputation; face; image
        ―  shǎngliǎn  ―  to honour somebody with one's presence
        ―  diūliǎn  ―  to lose face; to bring shame to oneself
        ―  méi liǎn jiàn rén  ―  to be too embarrassed to face anybody

    Synonyms edit

    • (face):

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    trad.
    simp.
    alternative forms

    Pronunciation edit



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (14)
    Final () (153)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tshjem
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡sʰiᴇm/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡sʰiɛm/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡sʰjæm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /t͡sʰiam/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡sʰiɛm/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡sʰĭɛm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡sʰi̯ɛm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    qiān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    cim1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 10203
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*skʰlam/

    Definitions edit

    1. meat soup

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. cheek
    2. face

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun (ppyam geom))

    1. cheek
    2. face

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: kiểm, quặm, liển, liễn, liễm, kiễm

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